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..14 Arkansas 17 AlcornSt 7 Iowa St 7 La. Tech 20 Memphis St. 3 Ragin' Cajuns Pluck Cardinals nam raj Sports .1 Jbw mm AWrNr, Lafoytt. Sunday, Oct. 26, 1910 i 3 'We Needed That One' Says Smith It seemed a long time since the Cajun faithful had enjoyed such luxury, luxury which negated any chance of last-second decisions And indeed such riches had been rare As recently as last night's first half, fans were wonder ing when they would see such point totals again for USL.

How 13 points were scored before halftime is a mystery to most of the fans on hand, as the visitors served up four interceptions and the Cajuns three including a midair fumble runback) in a remarkable comedy of errors Added to that list were two missed field goals by the Cajuns' Larry Trussell the first from 42 yards away with 9:51 left in the first period, and the second from a point-blank 21 yards with 5:04 left in the opening stanza. Fittingly enough, senior safety Ronnie Nunez' second interception of the night set up the Cajuns' initial scoring possession, as he returned his theft eight yards to his 28 at the 9: 20 mark of the half. A 15-yard completion from Phil Reynolds to Rodney Smith reached the Lamar 40 for one first down, and Curtis Calhoun's fingertip grab of the next Reynolds offering reached the 26 But that was it for the moment, and so freshman walk-on Oscar Speer trotted forth and rammed home a 40-yard field goal in his first varsity try. Speer had earlier hit three-pointers of 42 and 47 yards for the USL JV against Lamar That kick came at 6:57. The USL offense finally awoke to smoke 65 yards in five plays just befire halftime, with Smith traversing the final six yards untouched on a pitchout from Reynolds.

Big play on the drive was a 443-yard aerial from Reynolds to Calhoun to theLU six. The Cards, made great use of the final 1:35 of clock time before intermission, using a 31-yard hit from Jerry DeTler to Alfred Mack to the USL 20 to set up a 37-yard field goal at :01 by Jamie Harvey. USL compiled 311 yards, to just 106 for the visitors, after holding a dominating 160-29 bulge at the quarter mark But the rash of turnovers nullified most of the advances as they had two weeks ago against Arkansas State It was the stultifying Cajun defense that established the control of the game, allowing only the one play to Mack of any consequence. By BRUCE BROWN Advertiser Sports Editor "We needed a big game like this, and we got it. USL senior halfback Rodney Smith, who had as much a say in the victory as anyone else on the team, was rejoicing in the Ragin' Cajuns' 38-10 1 ing ot tne Lamar car-Saturday night at Cajun Field.

his game will give us a LONG GONE Offensive Player of the Saturday night at Cajun Field. Smith scored Game Rodney Smith (21), trailed by USL twice in the 38 lO USL triumph. (Staff Photo tackle Gerald Broussard (65) slips through a By P. C. Piazza; hole in the Lamar line for some of his 49 vards Cowboys Come Back Over ASU Curtis Calhoun and had 214 aerial yards.

"We didn't need to do anything different. We were moving the ball. The offensive line was blocking well, and when they block, everything moves out there We just needed to get some points. "I thought in that first half, 'Here we go but we got it in there after halftime." With Louisiana Tech losing to L'TA 21-20 and McNeese edging Arkansas State 36-28, the 4-3, 2-0 Cajuns sit atop the Southland Conference this morning a fact the Cajun obviously relished after Saturday night's win. Smith admitted in the happy locker room that his leg still hurt him, and that he "took heat on it" every time he stepped off the field Saturday night.

But that big win had him feeling better already. As is expected with a 28-point triumph, Robertson had plenty of praise tp pass around. To whit: "The defense kept us in the game early. They played great. The offense moved the ball, but couldn't score early in the game (sound like the 3-0 Arkansas State "At halftime I told our offense (here echoing Reynolds' observations) just to do what they did in the first half but get the ball in the end zone.

Defensively, we just told them to play the same." Sam said the TD to Calhoun early in the third period "turned the whole thing around," adding "The open date really helped us. We woorked on our fundamentals and a lot of little things that really helped us out tonight. We executed a lot better than we ha ve been "We had a lot of great individual efforts. Curtis made some clutch catches that helped us a lot He concluded with a smile, We now have the Sabine Shoe and Two (SLC wins)." By BRUCE BROWN Advertiser Sports Editor Finally A game not decided in the final seconds USL's Ragin' Cajuns, who in five of six previous games had not decided the issue until the last minute of action, decided the issue quite a bit earlier Saturday night against the Lamar Cardinals. Coach Sam Robertson's crew, held to a 10-3 advantage at half as 16,866 fans prepared for another nail-biter, stampeded out of the second half gates with a four-touchdown detonation and went on to a 38-10 triumph.

The victory by the 4-3 Cajuns raises the USL record to 2-0 in the Southland Conference and vaults Robertson's troops into sole possession of first place in the league. Louisiana Tech, which had been 1-0, fell 21-20 to Texas-Arlington Saturday night, while defending champion McNeese came back over Arkansas State 36-28 to open at 1-0 in SLC play. Lamar, now 2-5 and 0-2 heading into this week's trip to Southern Mississippi, offered seven interceptions to the Cajun cause offerings gladly accepted for the tying of a USL defensive record and the setting of a negative offensive one for the visitors. But the Cajuns had matched the LU giveways stride for stride in the first half to keep it close in spite of another sterling USL defensive showing. Then in the third period the Cajun offense lit up and rediscovered that elusive ability to score big.

The Cajuns blew the lid off what had been an unnecessarily tight contest at halftime with a 28-point explosion. On their longest drive of the year, Robertson's troops rolled 65 yards in nine plays on their first third quarter possession. A 20-yard pass from Phil Reynolds to Rodney Smith reached the LU 39, before Ed Blanco made his play of the night. Cutting back against the grain, Blanco weaved his way 34 rumbling yards to the Cardinal five. Two plays later, Reynolds hit a wide open Curtis Calhoun for nine yards and a touchdown at 9:10 of the stanza.

The next Cajun possession, begun at the LU 23 after an Andy Martin interception, was snuffed at the Cards' one when Reynolds fumbled away a snap. But the deep field position paid off, as a 45-yard Mike Marlow punt to his 48 was returned for a TD by the elusive Smith. Smith, showing flashes of his old form, darted past the out-kicked coverage and sped northward for the six at the 6:28 mark Speaking of old form, Abbeville's Barry Herbert flashed some of his old speed on the next two Cajun scores. The first came after Willie Allen had claimed a ricochet sixth interception (a negative LU record) by the Cards at the visitors' 34. Sophomore Dwight Prudhomme came in for Reynolds and rocketed a 34-yard bomb to the flying Herbert for a stunning 31-3 lead.

After another LU punt set up the Cajuns at the Cardinal 47, big boost to our confidence," be added in the steamy dressing room, after a 28-point Ca-Jul explosion in the third period had given 16,866 fans some breathing room for a change Smith, who has been bothered by a sore knee, a sore ankle, and a pulled hamstring in 1980, was voted the Offensive Player of the Game, by the media coverging the runaway To earn that honor, he scored two touchdowns a six-yard run and a dazzling 48-yard punt return), rushed 11 timet for 49 yards, and caught throe passes for 46 yards. Of the punt return, Smith said, "They just blocked." "It was about time we got one." chimed in senior corner-back Willie Allen, who claimed one of a school record-tying seven interceptions by USL. Two others were nabbed by safety Ronnie Nunez, the Defensive Player of the Game. USL Coach Sam Robertson said, "It was a delightful win. We finally moved it on both sides of the ball His reference was to the Cajuns' recent maddening inability to get points with an offense that gained yards until the end zone beckoned, at which point turnovers stepped in.

"We had like 311 yards at halftime." noted quarterback Phil Reynolds, who was victimised for two first half interceptions but threw a TD to Hmh HttisBk. JbW mm mW ill 1 broke loss on a 61-yard run midway through the second quarter to give ASU a 28-14 lead. But the Cowboy defense ended ASU scoring for the remainder of the game. Starring put the Cowboys ahead to stay with 6:13 left in the third period on a 12-yard touchdown run. Stump's 29-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter ended the scoring.

McNeevSt 7 14 12 3-34 Arkansas St 7 21 0 0-21 ASU -Langford 3 run (Hatfield kick) MSU Starring I run (Stump kick) MSU-Guilbeau 7 blocked punt return (Stump kick) ASU-Mack SO pass from Langford (Hatfield nick) ASU -Allison 38 interception return (Hatfield kick) ASU -Beasley 41 run (Hatfield kick) MSU-Darfei 21 pass from Stirring (Stump kick) MSU-McClendonl run (kick filled) MSU Stirriing 12 run (run failed) MSU-FG Stump 29 MSU ASU First downs 24 IS Rustesyards 65-44 5 50 2 3 3 Passing yards 3 Return vards 53 73 Passes 5141 3111 Punts 5-33 3 10 33.2 Fumbles-los' 51 4-1 Penalties yards 3-33 2 10 INDIVIDUAL LEADERRS RUSHING-MSU, Starring 25 234, McClendon 33119. ASU, Beisley (-17 Cirthon 14-46. PASSING-MSU, Stirring, 5 14-1-93. ASU, Langford IM RECEIVING-MSU, Bites 2-37. ASU, Mack 1 (0 JONESBORO, Ark.

(AP) -Stephan Starring and Theron McClendon combined for 423 yards rushing Saturday to propel McNeese State University to a 36-28 victory over Arkansas State. Starring, the quarterback rushed 25 times for a school record 234 yards and two touchdowns. Tailback McClendon rushed 33 times for 189 yards and a score as the Cowboys accumulated 465 rushing yards. The win improved Mc-cNeese's overall record to 6-1 and 1-0 in the Southland Conference. The loss was the sixth in a row for the Indians, now 1-6 overall and 0-2 in the league ASU took a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter when quarterback Tim Langford scored on a 3-yard run.

The Cowboys came right back with two touchdowns within two minutes. Starring dove across from the 1 and Rusty Guilbeau picked up a blocked punt and carried it 7 yards for a score. ASU tied the score 11 seconds later on an 80-yard pass from Langford to tight end Jerry Mack. The Indians went up by 21-14 less than two minutes later on a 38-yard interception return by Tim Allison. Tailback Erven Beasley I Cajuns smokeed Lamar.

38-10 in a key Southland Conference game. I Staff Photo By P.C. Piazza) RECEIVING STAR USL tight end Curtis Calhoun caught five passes for 98 yards and one touchdown Saturday night as the Ragin' .7 i GREENIES WITHSTAND COMEBACK Hall Powers Tulane Victory ATLANTA (AP) Coach UTA Mavericks Nip Bulldogs i with a lot of courage but so did we," Gibson said. "I thought our last drive killed their momentum." That drive came after the Jackets had chopped the lead to 24-14 with just under nine minutes remaining. "Tulane played a strong game, obviously we played poorly," said Tech coach Bill Curry.

"We had pitiful execution in the first half. We'll keep working to improve our toughness and intensity." Hall scored two touchdowns on runs of 1 and 8 yards and also rifled a 15-yard scoring pass to Robert Griffin. He t'inisued wiiii io completions in 32 attempts for 161 yards. Lewis, who had 124 yardds on 14 carries, stored his touchdown in the third quarter, breaking clear at the Tech 30. Tulaae, which still trails in the series 3412, last beat the Jackets at Grant Field 7-0 in 1933 on Howard "Bucky" Bryan's 100-yard kickoff return.

Tech, 1-6, never penetrated the Tulane 30 until Rogers, making only his second appearance of the season, connected on 4 passes for 75 yards in a 79-yard drive that ended on hogers a-yara TL pass to Leon Chadwick with 10:10 remaining. Rogers then hit Matt Rank for the 2-point conversion. The Jackets struck in 1 play on their next possession when Rogers fired a strike to Marlonn Heggs at the Tulane 45 where he got a key block from Rank, hit the right sideline and scored on a 73-yard play with 8:35 left in the gaame Tulane had three scoring op-portunities before the Greenies managed to punch across their first touchdown. The Green Wave moved to Vince Gibson praised his quarterback, Nickie Hall, as "an outstanding athlete whose getting better every game" after Hall led Tulane to its first road victory over Georgia Tech in 47 years, 31-14 Saturday Hall accounted for three touchdowns and 212 yards and Marvin Lewis added another score on a 42-yard run as the Greenies surged to a 24-0 lead and then withstood a Tech comeback in the final quarter which was led by freshman quarterback Stu Rogers. "Georgia Tech fought hard the Cajuns moved to yet another score in the avalanche of points.

This one came on a reverse to Herbert, who darted back inside containment and raced for the corner on a 20-yard touchdown. The 38th point, put through on the PAT by Oscar Speer, gave the Cajuns their highest point total since USL popped Tulsa 48-21 in the 1977 season opener. score came on a 32-yard field goal UTA now has an 1-6 record, while Tech fell to 4-3 and ended a four-game winning streak. Tm-Arl I 7 4-21 Louisiana Tech .7 H. 3.0-St LaTc-GreerJrun (Leekicki LaTc-FGDager32 LaTc-Giordano 25 pass from Dunigan (Lee kick: TxAr-Lewis 8 pass from Logan (Jessie run) LaTc-FGDager TxAr-Felder 1 run (Happel kick) TxAr-FG Haope! TxAr FG Happel 18 A 13,800 ft RUSTON, La.

(AP)-Brian Happel booted fourth-quarter field goals of 22 and 18 yards as The University of Texas-Arlington scored its first victory of season Saturday with 21-20 upset of Louisiana tech. Tech watched a 17-0 lead disintegrate on an 8-yard touchdown pass from UTA quarterback Scott Logan too Darryl Lewis, a one-yard plunge by Tony Felder and the two scoring kicks. Logan ended the night with eight completions on 17 attempts for 124 yards. Tech built up its lead on a two-yard run by tailback Earl Greer, a 32-yard field goal and a 25-yard scoring pass from Matt Dunigan to Johnny Giordano. Its only second-half the Tech 28 with the opening kickoff before Tech's Ted Thurson intercepted Hall's fourth-down pass in the end zone.

Moments later, Reggie Reginelli returned a punt 31 yards to the Tech 34 and Tulane reached the 15 before bogging down and Vince Manalla failed on a 28-yard field goal try into a brisk 20 mph ind. Manalla did get a 37-yard field goal with the wind in the second quarter. Tulane's other early threat that failed came when Tyrone Smith intercepted a Ted Peeples pass at the Jacket 30 but the Green Wave lost 27 yards when Hall was charged intentionally grounding a pass. Tech got into Tulane territory only three times in the first three quarters, reaching the 39 near the end of the opening period on an 18-yard screen pass to Ronnie Cone, the 32 in the second quarter before bogging down and the 37 late in the third period where Rogers was sacked for a 12-yard loss by Donnie Rice. TdImm 7 II 7 7-31 Georgia Tkh 10 1 14-14 Tul- Hall 1 run (Manalla kick) Tul-Gnffin 15 pass from Hall (Minella kick) Tul-FG Manama 37 Tul -Lewis 42 run (Manalla kick) Tect-Chadwick 9 pass from Rogers (Rank pass from Rogers) Tech-Heggs 73 pass from Rogers (pass failed! Tul Hall a run (Manalla kick) A Cougars Record Startling Upset Over Arkansas Lamer USL First Downs 14 22 Yards Rushing 80 240 Yards Passing 174 748 Passes 21-41 14-34 intercepted Bit 2 7 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-3 Punts- Avg.

8 42.3 Penalties-Yards 4-44 9 105 Total Offense 254 517 SCORE BY QUARTERS Lamar 0 3 0 7 10 12 57 193 134 5 17 8-2 4 31 0-0 1077 LeTc. 17 39110 220 57 31 170 430 3-3 544 First downs Rushes yards Pissing yards Return yards Pisses Punts Fumbles lost Penalties-yards 0 10 20 0 USL 38 HOUSTON (AP) Houston Cougar quarterbacks were ceo on tne endangered cies list long before Satur- Tenn. State Do wns Nicholls "We can't have the number of penalities and inopportune turnovers we hau and win," said disappointed Arkansas coach Lou Holtz. "This one was dih'icult to take. It eliminates us from the conference race and there's a our running game was working, so we just stayed with it." The victory thrust the Cougas back into the Southwest Conference championship picture, with a 3-1 record, good enough for second place in the standings night when freshman er Audry McMillian, the starter of the season.

down for the count. 10 matter. Sophomore 1 Chinn ignored a bruised rushed for 137 yards and on an 11-vard run to sion, putting Tennessee State ahead 33-8 at the half. Tennessee St. T.St Haynes 15 pass from Adams (Watkinskick) Nich-Welker 30 piss from Case (Cast run) T.St-Hirrls 78 run (Walk Ins kick) St-Haynes 47 pass from Adams (Kick failed) St- Holland 3 run (Watkins kick) T.St-Turner recovered tumble in end long, hard road ahead." The Razorbacks, defending Southwest Conference co-cnampions with Houston, jumped to a 14-3 lead in the first quarter on an electrifying 93-yard kickoff return" by Derek Hollow a and a 17 yard pass from quarterback Tom Jones to Bobby Duckworth.

Unranked Houston scored the first time it got the ball when McMillian ran 30 yards on the first play of the "game and Chinn rushed 14 and 11 yards to set up a 38 yard field goal by David Humphreys. Jones then rallied the Razorbacks, 4-2 un the season, to a 14-3 lead, but he fumbled in the second quarter at the Hog 27 and Houston came roaring back. Houston slipped to 4-3 on the season the Cougars to a startling Arkansas 14 0 0 )- 17 Hewtfon 3 14 7 0- 24 HOU-FGHumotirfys36 ARK-Hollaway 93 kickofl return (Ordineikick) ARK-Duckwortt 17 pas from Jone lOrekMtlUctl HOU-E Wright 2 run iHumphreyskick) HOu-Ctiinn I) run (Humpnreyf kick) HOU-Clark4run IHumphreys kick) ARK-FG Ord.nei raj tc upset victory over rco.ia SCORING USL FG Oscar Spear 40 USL Rodney Smith 4 run (Speer kick) LU FG Jaime Harvey 37 USL Curtis Calhoun pass from Phil Reynolds (Speer kick) USL Smith 40 punt return (Speer kick) USL Barry Herbert 34 pass from Dwight Prudhomme (Speer kick) USL- Herbert 20 run (Speer kick) LU Ray Campbell 5 run (Harvey kick) Attendance: 866 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING; Lamar Tim Johnson 8-33-0. Per cy Bruce 7 14-0, Ben Booker 7 25 0. Ray Campbell 3-7 USL Phil Reynolds 13-451 0, Rodney Smith 11-4 0, Ed Blanco 8-54 0.

PASSING: Lamar Ray Campbell 20 34 4 145 Old Jerry Deller 1 7 331 Otd. USL Phil Reynolds 11-20-2 214 1 td, Dwight Prudhomme 3-4 054 1 td RECEIVING: Lamar Alfred Mask 4 74 0, Ben Booker 3 25 0, Tim Johnson 1-30-0 USL Curtis Calhoun 5 M1, Barry Herbert 1 34 1, Rodney Smith 3 44 0. as. is my biggest night, game by far," Chinn THIBODAUX, La. (AP) -AU-American quarterback Joe Adams passed for 291 yards and two touchdowns to lead Tennessee State to a 40-15 victory over Nicholls State in college football Saturday night.

Quarterback Butch Case's 30-yard pass to Dwight Walker and subsequent conversion put Nicholls State ahead 8-7 at the beginning of the second half. But less than a minute later, running back Morris Harris ran 79 yards for a touchdown that started a 26-point explo Tul CT First downs 26 12 Rushes yards 55 248 33 75 Pissing yards 1(1 250 Return vards 41 0 Passes 14 32 1 14 31 2 Punts 4 31 7 34 Fumbleslost 20 11 Penalties -yards 747 6 51 The loss dropped Arkansas to a 1-2 SWC record and virtually killed their chances for a title. No team has ever won the SWC championship with two losses. McMillian left the game after only three plays. It was first announced the Carthage freshman had suffered a possiblle broken collarbone, but after the game, Houston officials said McMillian would undergo surgery Sunday mor ning to repair a shoulder separation.

"Some of my passes MM kick failed! Nich-Clark 8 run (Morgan kick) St-Pratt 40 run (Watkins kick) right, but I'm seeing elvers much better It's 1 rsf matter of getting it to Ark 13 34 95 113 3 13 26 2 442 947 First downs Rusnes yards Passing yds Return yards Passes Punts Penalties yarus 20 49 748 91 51 5 140 442 32 559 plan was to stav with T.St Hit First downs 23 23 Rushes yards 31 MO 37-141 Patting yards 281 271 Return yards 7 2 Passes 33 1( 2 42 18 Punts 2-30 S-H Fumbleslost 43 Penalties yards 12-1(8 575 16 tor INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Tulane, Lewis 14-124; Hill 1351 Georgia Tech, Allen 13-50. Cone! 30 PASSING Tulane, Hill 11321,141. Georgia Tech. Rogers 13 21 0.332 RECEIVING Tulane, Holman 10100; GriHm 27; Reginelli 2 23. Georgia Tech, Heggs 4 132, Cone 2 41 CheOjwIck 2 3) the basics It's good to throw the ball 20 times a game, but.